Norwood CSA Food Co-op: July 2026

Blanched Romano Bean Dream (NOT Vegetarian Style!) - Better the Next Day

by Chelsea S. Yamada

7/11/2026

My partner graciously offered to lead Norwood CSA bi-weekly mixed meat night! I contributed to the side dish,

so I decided to write our blog post about it, and honestly I’m not sure anyone knows exactly which delicious

flavorings went into the meat main course. Either way, the mixed meat roulette spun us beef stew meat to

experiment with. Inspired by the classic Romano beans side dish with lemon and garlic, we ended up using

all the beef’s juices from the package to create an unforgettable sauce (no flour, but it felt like a roux).

This, our Friday night dinner turned into Saturday morning brunch, and even tasted better the next day.

The bean portion was quite an armful!

Recipe below.

Blanched Romano Beans in Beef Stir Fry Sauce

CSA ingredients: Stew Meat - Don’t pour out the liquid from the bag!, Romano beans, dried seasonings

Other ingredients: Onions, garlic, vinegar, lemon, oil, and seasonings. Optional: Maple syrup

Blanch the beans. Trim ends of Romano beans. Blanch - or boil, for five minutes, and then
cool immediately after in an ice bath.
Make your drippings. Save the blood from the meat package in a small bowl. Stir fry stew
meat and chopped onions in oil. Remove the ingredients and leave the drippings in the bottom
of the pan.
Combine sauce ingredients in small bowl. To the meat juice, add a generous amount of
chopped garlic, vinegar (we used balsamic) and optionally, maple syrup.
Reduce. Add sauce to your pan of flavorful meat drippings with another splash of oil if
needed. This sauce thickened quickly and was inspired by a balsamic reduction.
Toss the sauce with the beans.
Serve with plenty of lemon juice - we had our Romano beans with onions and stew meat over rice.

Yum!

Since the beans were so delicious and not that photogenic, I wanted to add a more photographic PSA for

the Bainbridge Avenue Garden upcoming event next weekend, and a photo-based I-Spy game to play with

an aspiring gardener!

Visit the Bainbridge Avenue Garden in person on Sunday July 19th for a family-friendly event of paper-making,

veggie juicing and more.

Can you find the following Bainbridge Garden plants or their aspects of interest? For answers, see the photos below.

BONUS! Spotted Lanternfly in its red spotted second instar, or molting phase (trigger
warning! In the photo, I already squished it)

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Photo answers:

Bonus question… trigger warning! I squished it in the photo!

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